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  1. Databases that are stored on computers at multiple locations and are not interconnected by a network are known as distributed databases.

  2. A.

     True

    B.

     False


  3. An increasingly popular option for data distribution as well as for fault tolerance of any database is to store a separate copy of the database at each of two or more sites.

  4. A.

     True

    B.

     False


  5. Asynchronous technology can result in unsatisfactorily slow response time because the distributed DBMS is spending considerable time checking that an update is accurately and completely propagated across the network.

  6. A.

     True

    B.

     False


  7. A distributed unit of work allows various statements within a unit of work to refer to multiple remote DBMS locations.

  8. A.

     True

    B.

     False


  9. The purpose of timestamping is to avoid the use of locks.

  10. A.

     True

    B.

     False


  11. Data replication is favored where most process requests are read-only and where the data are relatively static.

  12. A.

     True

    B.

     False


  13. The cost to perform a snapshot refresh may depend on whether the snapshot is simple or complex.

  14. A.

     True

    B.

     False


  15. The semijoin approach saves network traffic.

  16. A.

     True

    B.

     False


  17. In a semijoin, only the joining attribute is sent from one site to another, and then only the required rows are returned.

  18. A.

     True

    B.

     False


  19. The problem of concurrency control is more complex in a distributed database.

  20. A.

     True

    B.

     False